In addition to providing immediate access to emergency cash in times of emergency, the repayments could also be structured so that they are...

The achievement comes just ahead of the sixth anniversary of PMJDY launch. The scheme was launched on August 28, 2014 with an aim to provid...

The deposits in the account of the beneficiaries, which has been steadily rising, was Rs 99,649.84 crore on June 6 and Rs 99,232.71 crore i...

The total balance in the Jan Dhan accounts, which has been steadily rising, was at Rs 97,665.66 crore as on April 3.

The govt has also shifted the focus on accounts from 'every household' to 'every unbanked adult'.

The govt expects at least half of the 32 crore Jan Dhan accounts to avail the overdraft facility for Rs 2,000.

Commenting on the scheme, Arun Jaitley said around 53% account holders under Jan Dhan are women, out of which 59% accounts belong to rural ...

One of the successful initiatives of the NDA government is its financial inclusion initiative through its Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana,...

More than Rs 22,000 crore have been mobilised under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and 15.74 crore Rupay debit cards have been issued, ...

Listing milestones achieved under PMJDY, the Finance Ministry said that Aadhaar has been seeded in 41.82 per cent accounts opened under PMJ...

Under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, 14 crore bank accounts have already been opened with over Rs 14,000 crore coming in as deposits.

RBI in its bi-monthly review of the monetary policy on February 3 kept policy rate unchanged at 7.75%.

The progress of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is another important issue that will be discussed in the meeting.

Jaitley said the new form of the scheme will incorporate those beneficiaries who have bank accounts. Earlier the scheme was linked with Aad...

A financial literacy programme will be an integral part of Jan Dhan, and 718 centres opened by banks at the district level will be suppleme...

Modi said, "As citizens, our responsibility is to conserve electricity." "When electricity is saved it helps the family," he said.

Modi said, people have mobile phones but not bank accounts, the scheme will help bring the benefits of formal banking system to them.